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Monday, November 2, 2020
What Is Microfiction?
Professor, academic researcher, and writer John Barrett has taught at the Bloomsburg University Department of English for nearly two decades. Alongside his role as a coordinator and assistant professor at Bloomsburg, John Barrett has also published essays, memoirs, and short stories.
One of the briefest genres of short stories is known as microfiction. This writing format challenges authors to create engaging stories in under 300 words. The web publication Microfiction Monday Magazine takes it even further and requires contributors to write stories in less than 100 words. Some of the world's most famous authors, including O. Henry, Ernest Hemingway, and Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., have produced iconic examples of microfiction.
To capture the reader’s attention, microfiction texts often center on a high-intensity scene. Like other types of writing, microfiction has characters, a setting, and a plot. Clearly conveying all this information in a few sentences can be a creative challenge for writers at all experience levels. Microfiction can also be used as a springboard for ideas for longer novels.
One of the briefest genres of short stories is known as microfiction. This writing format challenges authors to create engaging stories in under 300 words. The web publication Microfiction Monday Magazine takes it even further and requires contributors to write stories in less than 100 words. Some of the world's most famous authors, including O. Henry, Ernest Hemingway, and Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., have produced iconic examples of microfiction.
To capture the reader’s attention, microfiction texts often center on a high-intensity scene. Like other types of writing, microfiction has characters, a setting, and a plot. Clearly conveying all this information in a few sentences can be a creative challenge for writers at all experience levels. Microfiction can also be used as a springboard for ideas for longer novels.
Monday, August 17, 2020
Online Learning Looms Large in Pennsylvania’s Future
John Barrett teaches writing at Bloomsburg University. In addition to his role as an assistant professor, John Barrett is a campus ambassador at the Teaching and Learning Center at Bloomsburg University. An ongoing project centers on review and reevaluation of the institution’s online and distance learning platforms.
The COVID-19 pandemic moving many classrooms across the United States online, state, and federal leaders to face decisions if and when students can return to campus. As reported in the Philadelphia Inquirer, a July survey of 4,800 faculty members across 14 state universities across Pennsylvania found that three-fourths of faculty members would not feel safe if they were required to interact or teach students in person. The percentage of those wanting to return to teaching in classrooms in the fall was only 12 percent.
As of mid-July, several universities, including Dickinson College in Carlisle and East Stroudsburg University have committed to most or all classes being taught remotely in fall. Other institutions, such as the University of Pennsylvania, committed to test all students upon their return.
The bottom line is that, with locations in which students live and congregate presenting major virus transmission risks, online learning is a fact of life for today’s college population.
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